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Having problems with your Samsung Digimax A7 Digital Camera ?

I recently bought a 4 GB PNY Optima SD HC card for my Samsung Digimas A7 Camera. When I go to format the card, after a few seconds I get a format error! message......why? I suspect the camera was not design for this much memory.

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You're correct. The A7 works with MMC and SD cards, not SDHC cards. The camera is limited to cards 2GB and smaller.

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